Magazine publisher Future has sold more than £5m worth of digital editions of titles including Total Film and Metal Hammer in the last 11 months.

Future, the publisher of titles including Metal Hammer, Fast Car and T3, launched a range of e-editions of many of its titles on Apple's Newsstand service for iPads last October. T3 is the biggest digital seller in the UK, MacLife gains this accolade in the US and Total Film is the third most popular title overall.

"Our progress towards a predominantly digital business continues," the company said.

Digital engagement is on the rise with a 50% year-on-year increase in visitors to Future's portfolio of magazine websites in 2012, at 45 million unique users per month.

The company said it intends to outline the next stage of how to monetise its global digital strategy at its full-year results presentation on 23 November.

The company said trading in the fourth quarter of its financial year to 30 September has been "encouraging" in Future's two biggest markets, the UK and US.

The UK accounts for about 80% of revenues.

On Thursday Future said the green shoots of recovery are well under way and that the US is now "close to returning to profitability, fulfilling a commitment we made a year ago to be profitable in the US in 2013".

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